Judge sentences man to 17 years for molesting relative

AKRON -- Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said Judge Tom Parker sentenced Larry W. Johnson, 55, of Canton, to 17 years in prison for molesting a young female relative between the ages of 11 and 13.

The prison sentence includes one year in prison for a community control violation.

Johnson pleaded guilty to rape, a felony of the first degree, and gross sexual imposition, a felony of the third degree, on October 29.